Wedding Planning!!!

I now have a magnificent reason and tremendous motivation to lose weight - I'M GETTING MARRIED IN 8 MONTHS!!!  I'm going to start trying on dresses at the end of the month.  I started taking some vitamins to help with my thyroid problem (I'm not sure what it's called, but I have borderline hypothyroidism - it's just not low enough for me to be on prescription medications).  I haven't been exercising that much lately since my husband (he's my fiance, but we call each other husband and wife since we've been living together for about a year and a half, have a baby, have been religiously married, but are still waiting to be legally married because of health insurance) has been working 10-13 hours a day.  By the time I put my son down to sleep, I'm to exhausted to even think about exercising.  Sugar-free Red Bull is what keeps me going.  All this wedding planning is fun, but it's also so headache-inducing.

I haven't weighed myself in a while.  I'm afraid of what the scale will tell me.  I've been trying to remember to eat well, but with everything going on, I forget to eat.  I usually eat 1-2 bowls of cereal and an apple and drink a couple cans of soda a day...  Not healthy, I know.  I'm trying to get back into the 10 cups of water a day thing and more fruits and veggies.

I probably shouldn't be stressing out about the wedding so early on, but I want everything to be perfect.  I know most women want the same thing, but after our religious ceremony which my mom paid for, I don't want to run into the same problems.  I'm gonna keep track of what I've gotten done along with my weight loss.

Completed:

- Date set

- Ring picked out and payment plan planned out

- Officiant picked out (not yet contacted)

- Ceremony and reception locations picked out (not yet booked)

- Bridesmaids and groomsmen picked out

- Bridesmaids and parents gifts picked out

- Dresses picked out (wedding, bridesmaids, mothers)

- Colors and theme picked out

- Songs (ceremony and reception) chosen

- Budget planned

- Baker and caterer chosen

Yet to complete:

- Contact officiant

- Book ceremony and reception locations

- Get ring

- Try on dress

- Decide on menu

- Send out save the date cards

- Order invitations

Wow!

Wow!  I'm pleasantly surprised!  I had a bad binge last night, but I've actually lost weight.

Just for clarification, I did go from 104 to 240 in about a year.  I started gaining weight in January 2007 and my son was born in November 2007.

In the beginning...

Hi!  This is my first post on here.  I signed up sometime within the past hour or so.

Let's start with the basics, shall we?  I'm a 20 year old wife, stay-at-home-mom, and college student.  I was 104 lbs before college.  I gained 41 lbs my freshman year and proceeded to gain another 92 lbs during my pregnancy.  I've been trying to get this weight off of me since about February.

So, here I am, 5 months later, trying to lose the weight.  I've already lost 11 lbs.  I'm sure I can lose the remaining 129 lbs (hell, I'd settle for 90).